{"id":372,"date":"2013-06-25T04:18:35","date_gmt":"2013-06-25T04:18:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/arkansashistoricalassociation.org\/?page_id=372"},"modified":"2026-03-30T14:41:52","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T20:41:52","slug":"2008-award-winners","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/arkansashistoricalassociation.org\/?page_id=372","title":{"rendered":"2024 Award Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Award Recipients: 2026<\/a> | 2025<\/a> | 2024<\/a> <\/em>| 2023<\/a> | Nomination Forms<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n
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Lifetime Achievement Award<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Don C. Bragg<\/b> <\/b>\u2013 for his enduring contributions to Arkansas history, archeology, and ecology
Matthew Rooney<\/a> (Arkansas Archeological Survey) presenting Don C. Bragg
    Lifetime Achievement Award.
Jim Rees<\/a> (Arkansas Archeological Society) accepting Don C. Bragg Lifetime
    Achievement Award on behalf of the family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Diamond Award<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Celia Storey<\/a>‘s<\/span> <\/strong>\u201cOld News\u201d column in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette<\/u><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Award of Merit<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Washington County Historical Association <\/strong><\/span><\/a>\u2013 <\/strong>for its \u201cThis Place Matters\u201d campaign to raise awareness of historic properties
Patsy Watkins<\/a>, Editor accepting award<\/p>\n\n\n\n

J. G. Ragsdale Book Award<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

John A. Kirk <\/strong><\/span><\/a>\u2013 Winthrop Rockefeller:  From New Yorker to Arkansawyer, 1912-1956<\/em>
<\/em>University of Arkansas Press<\/strong> – publisher of this year’s Ragsdale Book Award<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

John William Graves Book Award<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Edited by Michael Pierce<\/a><\/span> and Calvin White Jr.<\/strong> \u2013 for best book-length historical study of the history of African Americans or race in Arkansas Race, Labor, and Violence in the Delta:  Essays to Mark the Centennial of the Elaine Massacre
<\/em>University of Arkansas Press<\/strong> – publisher of this year’s Graves Book Award<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

J. H. Atkinson Award for Excellence in the Teaching of Arkansas History<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Meridith Armstrong<\/strong> \u2013 for excellence in the teaching of Arkansas History in Goza Middle School, Arkadelphia  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

NEARA (Northeast Arkansas Regional Archives)<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Joseph Hutchison <\/strong><\/span><\/a>\u2013 for his outstanding contribution to Arkansas history with his essay \u201cJealousy, Gangs, and Contract Killing: A Revealing Case in the Arkansas Ozarks\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lucille Westbrook Award<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Dr. John A. Kirk and co-authors<\/strong><\/span><\/a> \u2013 for his outstanding contribution to local Arkansas history in his essay \u201cRacial Discrimination in Jury Selection:  The Arkansas Cases of the Bone Brothers, 1938-1940\u201d
Co-Authors<\/strong> \u2013 Armando Arellano, Mikaela Bailey, Charles Bonet, Scott T. Bradshaw<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, Mary Alice Chambers, Jackelyn R. Cordova-Romano, Jerry Griffin, Jayla Henderson, Jacob Hicks, Caitlin Robertson, Koriatorshia Robinson, Margaret Stone, and Isaac Wolter<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Violet B. Gingles Award<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Dan Durning<\/strong><\/span><\/a> \u2013 for his outstanding contribution to Arkansas history in his essay \u201cFirst-and Second-Generation Ethnic Germans on the Little Rock City Council, 1866-1915\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

James L. Foster & Billy W. Beason Award<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Michael Anthany <\/u><\/b><\/a>\u2013 for his outstanding contribution to Arkansas history with his dissertation \u201cOtherwise, You Will Have to Suffer the Consequences:  The Racial Cleansing of Catcher, Arkansas\u201d 
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Susie Pryor Award in Arkansas Women’s History<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Hannah Winters <\/strong><\/a><\/span>\u2013 “Safety in the South: Conceptualizing Lesbian Spaces in Arkansas, 1981-1997”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Walter L. Brown Awards<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Pulaski County Historical Review<\/em><\/a>
<\/em><\/strong>Pulaski County Historical Society, Bob Razer<\/span><\/a>, Editor<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Honorable Mention for next Best County or Local Journal<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Flashback<\/a>
<\/em><\/strong>Washington County Historical Society, Patsy Watkins<\/span><\/a>, Editor<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best Use of Graphics<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The Journal<\/em>
<\/em><\/strong>Johnson County Historical Society, Debbie Overbey, Editor
Walter L. Brown Award for Best Article<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guy Lancaster<\/strong>, \u201cBrush Fires: A Chronicle of Murder, Arson, and General Mayhem on Brushy Island in Northern Pulaski County\u201d 
Pulaski County Historical Review, <\/em><\/strong>Pulaski County Historical Society
Bob Raze<\/span>r<\/a> accepting award for Guy Lancaster<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best Biography, Autobiography, or Memoir<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Denele Campbell, <\/strong>\u201cThe \u2018Otherness\u2019 of Forrestina Bradley Campbell aka White River Red\u201d 
Flashback<\/em><\/strong>, Washington County Historical Society
Patsy Watkins<\/span><\/a> accepting award for Denele Campbell<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best Family History<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Mary Cooper Miller<\/span><\/a>, <\/strong>\u201cThe Bean Family: Their Influence on Early Arkansas History\u201d 
The Independence County Chronicle<\/em><\/strong>, <\/em>Independence County Historical Society<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best Church History<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Mary Cooper Miller<\/span><\/strong><\/a>, \u201cOther Church Denominations in Izard County History\u201d
The Izard County Historian,<\/em> <\/strong>Izard County Historical and Genealogical Society<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best Community History<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

J. B. Hogan<\/strong>, “Fayetteville:  Mecca for Writers”
Flashback<\/strong><\/em>, Washington County Historical Society
Patsy Watkins<\/span><\/a> accepting award for J. B. Hogan<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best School History<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Sue Robison<\/span><\/a>, <\/strong>\u201cParker Elementary School: A Century of Service\u201d
The Journal,<\/em><\/strong> Fort Smith Historical Society<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best Business History<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Wendell Stratton<\/span><\/a>, <\/strong>\u201cStratton Seed Company: 75 Years of Service to Agriculture\u201d
Historical Bulletin,<\/em><\/strong> Grand Prairie Historical Society<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best Edited Document<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Mark K. Christ<\/span><\/strong><\/a>, \u201c\u2018There was a Rebel Spy hung here on Friday\u2019: Little Rock Letters from Harvey R. Frazier, Thirteenth Illinois Cavalry\u201d
Pulaski County Historical Review,<\/em><\/strong> Pulaski County Historical Society<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best Newsletter<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

News from the Prairie<\/span><\/a> 
<\/em><\/strong>Grand Prairie Historical Society, Glen Mosenthin<\/span><\/a>, Editor

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